HARTLAND
BY: JOE BLADES
By Clayton & Darren
THEMATIC STATEMENT
eagle circling above
longest covered bridge
yellow tour bus
Yankees crossing on foot
through clapboard darkness
overrun tourist bureau
parents and I
wait on eastern shore
cameras in hand
This poem is about a family trip to
Hartland, Newfoundland to go see the
largest covered bridge in the world . with
several stops in between to see a battle site
and to take photos of the Canadian flag
union jack Canadian
new Brunswick flags limp
windless hot air
honor in the grass
wing feather from raptor
circling overhead
Line by line translation
eagle circling above
longest covered bridge
yellow tour bus
He’s describing the town of Hartland
Yankees crossing on foot
through clapboard darkness
overrun tourist bureau
He's Describing what all the American tourists
are doing
parents and I
wait on eastern shore
cameras in hand
union jack Canadian
new Brunswick flags limp
windless hot air
honor in the grass
wing feather from raptor
circling overhead
Him and the rest of his family are trying to
take a good picture of the bridge
Looking at the Canadian flag as it waves in
the air
He's looking at the all the graves from
the soldiers that fought there ears ago
while birds fly over head
POETIC DEVISES
This is imagery because the poet
is creating an concrete image
eagle circling above
longest covered bridge
yellow tour bus
Yankees crossing on foot
through clapboard darkness
overrun tourist bureau
parents and I
wait on eastern shore
cameras in hand
union jack Canadian
new Brunswick flags limp
windless hot air
This is a metaphor describing the soldier moving
form light into darkness
The poet is using personification to describe how
lifeless the new Brunswick flag is
The poet is using an oxymoron to describe
the tension before the battle
honor in the grass
wing feather from raptor
circling overhead
This is a metaphor because its comparing
honor and grass which are two unlike thing s
THE END